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In a Haitian city run by gangs, Mitch Albom focuses on protecting kids

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It's rare you hear about something good happening in Haiti. Sixteen years after the devastating earthquake which killed some 200,000 people and left more than a million homeless, the government has all but collapsed and gangs battle for control of the capital Port-au-Prince. But tonight, we want to take you to a small oasis in that besieged city, where children may be growing up behind walls, but hope is very much alive. It's an orphanage called Have Faith Haiti that's run by bestselling author Mitch Albom and his wife Janine. Since the earthquake, they've been taking in the most at-risk kids: abandoned infants, toddlers with disabilities, children begging in the streets. It hasn't been easy, but with love, faith and a focus on education, the results have been extraordinary.It's too dangerous for international flights to land in Haiti's capital, so every month, Mitch Albom flies the two hours from Florida to the northern city of Cap-Haïtien.…

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